Young, dynamic and ambitious, the inheritors of India's corporate fortunes are restructuring their business without losing an iota of their families' control over it. The age of liberalisation has dawned on India and the young mandarins of business are imbibing it zestfully. In their globalised milieu, there is more harmony than contradictions. The world is an oyster.

A strange affliction seems to have gripped Chief Minister J.H. Patel's jumbo-sized, 45-member Cabinet. It's not just the scandals dogging his ministers but, curiously, the manner in which they are getting absolved of the charges.

The good wishes of a lot of people went with the Indian delegation before it left for Pakistan for the foreign secretary-level talks. But there was one set of Indians who sent a little more than just best wishes.

What does an ex-MP with time on his hands do? If you are Kamal Morarka, former Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan and big boss of Gannon Dunkerly, you go to Harvard University and enroll in an executive programme "leaders in development".

A tiff with your neighbour, who's using his clout with the police? Worms in your tap water? A telephone linesman asking for a bribe? Whatever the problem, respite for Delhiites is now just a phone-call away.

The theme is colonial India visited. The occasion, 50 years of Independence. Through paintings, graphics and sculptures, the Calcutta-based Society for Contemporary Artists has taken it upon itself to respond to a cultural situation that has been imposed on them.

The mysterious raga of the night, Malkauns is the motif behind Ajay Pohankar's recital. This combination of a traditional khayal, bandish and a Kabir bhajan in its varying tempos and differing moods is bound to keep lovers of Malkauns spellbound.

At a time when mythologicals top the ratings chart, it's strange that Zee's Ek Aur Mahabharata has been pulled off the air. Even more bizarre - it was made by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, who is also Zee's head of programming.

Are music tastes really so different in Mumbai and Delhi? Yes, yes, yes, says MTV. According to research done by the music channel, Delhiites, with some exceptions, would rather listen to Indian music.

He doesn't know what his role will be, but what the heck, it's Midnight's Children, it's for Channel 4, and (if rumours are to be believed) Salman Rushdie has been asked to do the script! Aashish Roy's a happy man.

Jyoti Basu is never judged by the apparent, only the moral infallibility of his image, which never quite leaves him. An interview at his modest
but tasteful office at Calcutta's Writers' Buildings to INDIA TODAY's Senior Editor Sumit Mitra.

It's a bit like phone sex, or love on the hotline. The terms of endearment exchanged between the two leaders of India and Pakistan seem to have established the terms of engagement for the two negotiating sides in Islamabad last week.

Lt-General (retd) M.A. Zaki, appointed as vice-chancellor of Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia. Apart from handling assignments at the Army Headquarters, he had also served as security adviser to the Jammu and Kashmir Governor.

Sacrificing the comfortable career of a city doctor, Hanumappa Reddy Sudarshan chose to dedicate his life to the Soliga tribe of Mysore's Biligiri Rangana hills. Now he cures them, educates them and even fights for their rights.